US's Mokulele Airlines grounds fleet due to maintenance
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By Dominik Sipinski
15JAN2025Mokulele Airlines (MHO,
Kona) grounded its entire fleet on January 15, 2025, "due to maintenance and an abundance of caution". The airline did not disclose the nature of the problem nor how long it expected it to last.
The carrier, which is a division of
Southern Airways Expressand a subsidiary of Surf Air Mobility, provides vital inter-island connectivity in Hawai'i with its fleet of
Cessna (single turboprop) C208 Grand Caravans. It is the only airline serving five out of 11 Hawaiian airports with scheduled flights, namely
Kaunakakai,
Kalaupapa,
Kamuela,
Hana, and
Kapalua. While
Hawaiian Airlines and
Southwest Airlinesalso provide intra-island flights in Hawai'i, they focus on the main airports.
Mokulele Airlines did not respond to ch-aviation's request for comment.
The airline previously
briefly grounded part of its C208 fleetin August 2024 over "potential discrepancies in the documentation of a recent landing gear maintenance". In an October 2024 interview with ch-aviation, president of Hawai'i operations Louis Saint-Cyr emphasised
the importance of reliable community service for Mokulele Airlines.